Environment and Sustainability Committee

 

Meeting Venue:
 Committee Room 2 - Senedd

 

 

Meeting date:
 22 November 2012

 

Meeting time:
 09:00

 

For further information please contact:

Alun Davidson
 Committee Clerk

029 2089 8639
 ES.comm@wales.gov.uk

 

 

Agenda

 

<AI1>

(09:00 - 10:00) Informal Private session - Common Fisheries Policy Reform update

</AI1>

<AI2>

1.   Introductions, apologies and substitutions 

</AI2>

<AI3>

2.   Inquiry into the proposed abolition of the Agricultural Wages Board (10:00 - 11:00) (Pages 1 - 17)

E&S(4)-29-12 paper 1

Alun Davies AM, Deputy Minister for Agriculture, Food, Fisheries and European Programmes.

Gary Haggaty, Deputy Director, Rural Affairs.

Kevin Austin, Head of Sustainable Land Management Branch.

Victoria Davies, Senior Lawyer.

 

</AI3>

<AI4>

3.   Motion under Standing Order 17.42(vi) to exclude the public from the meeting for items 4, 5 and 8 

</AI4>

<AI5>

Private session

</AI5>

<AI6>

4.   Update on the European Commission's Forward Work Programme (11:00 - 12:00) (Pages 18 - 28)

HSC(4)-29-12 paper 2

Gregg Jones, Head of European Union Office, National Assembly for Wales Commission.

</AI6>

<AI7>

(12:00 - 13:00) Break

</AI7>

<AI8>

Public session

</AI8>

<AI9>

5.   Natural Resources Wales (13:00 - 14:00) 

          Dr Emyr Roberts, Chief Executive

          Professor Peter Matthews, Chairman

</AI9>

<AI10>

6.   Papers to note  (Pages 29 - 30)

Minutes of the meetings held on 8 November

</AI10>

<AI11>

 

6a. Letter from the Minister for Environment & Sustainable Development - Actions arising from 18 October meeting on Budget Scrutiny  (Pages 31 - 34)

HSC(4)-29-12 paper 3

 

</AI11>

<AI12>

Private session

</AI12>

<AI13>

7.   The Natural Resources Body for Wales (Functions) Order - Consideration of evidence 

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